7.29.2011

Kids' Crafternoon: Paper Curtains and Free Books!

I'm thrilled to be participating in the Kid's Crafternoon blog party! By now you already know, Kathreen put together the Crafternoon series, and the first two books Kids' Crafternoon Sewing and Kids' Crafternoon Papercraft are just out! Each book is full of craft projects that kids can do mostly unassisted in an afternoon, hence Kid's Crafternoon! I contributed a little Pencil Pouch project to the Sewing book, and I adore how they styled in in the book. Isn't this cool?

The sewing book is full of such clever ideas, perfect for kids in the 7-12 range. My girls are a bit younger, but I knew they'd enjoy making one of the projects from the Papercraft book with me. We decided to try the Paper Raindrops Curtain by the lovely Khali Whatley. My girls love to hang out the window to wave goodbye and hello to anyone coming or going, so I knew they'd really dig this.

I love the sweetly illustrated instructions, and printed templates are always excellent, but they are especially good for kid's projects. It was super easy to jump right into the project. I did all the cutting, but the girls picked out the colors and helped me glue them together. We were all tickled with how cool it turned out, and even the little one pronounced it "beautiful!" The girls eagerly waited for Daddy to come home so that they could wave at them through the clouds!

Hardie Grant was kind enough to give me a copy of each book to give away to one of you! To enter the give-away, tell me in the comments which book you'd most like, and who you'd like to spend a crafternoon with! Two winners will each get one book. Be sure to comment with an account where I can contact you. Winners will be announced on August 2.

Also, if you get the chance, follow along with the rest of the blog party to see more projects from these excellent books, and more chances to win a book:

These books have been popping up everywhere! While my preference is for the sewing book, if I was to spend a crafternoon with my friend's 3 kids (they love crafts, and are particularly fond of paper crafts), I'd have to have the paper craft book. So, the selfish me wants the sewing book, but the kind, caring friendly me wants the paper craft book ;)msgould_ams(at)hotmail(d0t)com

Yay! You're blogging again! I am glad you got a break, but missed your posts. Z just sat down at my sewing machine 2 days ago, ran a square of fabric under the presser foot (yes, it's unplugged) and said, "I'm making a zebra costume!" Then she had to measure. "22," she said. I think we would enjoy the book (though I know anyone who wins will, also) Hope you are all doing well!

We would love the papercraft one! Like your girls, our little bit is too young right now, but I'm always on the lookout for future fun. I know we would enjoy it when she's a little older! leah(dot)shull(at)gmail(dot)com

I would love this for Kylee! She is always trying to do some sort of craft and is just getting into sewing. It would be great to have projects specifically for her age. I was just telling a friend of mine about this book too. :)

My 6 yr old daughter has recently joined my passion for sewing! We've made friday night "Craft Night" at our house (while the boys are off playing video games :o) Sophia and I would LOVE to win a copy of Crafternoon Sewing for Craft Night!

The sewing book would be great since my little crafter just started sewing. But would have fun with paper too. I would spend my afternoon with my two fav crafters 6 and 9 in fact I think I will make time for that this weekend.jpowell at excellentwriters dot com

I would like the "Kids Crafternoon Papercraft" book. My little one is only nine months old, but I'd looooove to have this on-hand for him (and hopefully his siblings, by that time). In the meantime, I'd like to share it with family friends. Thanks for the opportunity to get one -- to you and your friend. (nwatrous@gmail.com)

I would love both! The sewing one especially because it has your project in it. I do a weekly project with a boys and girls club, though, and sewing doesn't work with the bigger group so well. So, I have to choose the paper one...think I'll go ahead and nab that project you did with your girls. That would work well for them.

I'd love the Crafternoon Papercraft book. Elizabeth will be 9 months old in a couple days, so it would be awhile before we get to use it. But I remember how much I loved working with paper when I was younger and I know Elizabeth will enjoy it when she's a bit older :)i

These books look so great! I love that you got to be featured in one of them. I'd love the sewing one since I'm slowly teaching myself to sew and want to make cute stuff for little Owen. The papercraft book looks great, too, and I'm sure it'll come in handy when Owen's old enough to start homseschooling or when/if I go back to teaching at our church's preschool.

I would love the papercraft book, but would selfishly love more the sewing book. The hubs is a youth minister, so I think it would be fun to have crafty days with the littler youth group members. I also have my sister's crazy fun 3 year old twins to craft with. Of course, with their attention span, the paper one might would be more fun. Thanks for a fun giveaway!

Hrm. Not sure if my earlier comment worked. So, if not, paper crafting would be perfect for my twin niece and nephew, but sewing crafting would be great for the littler youth group members. thanks for a great giveaway!

i would love to have the sewing craft book, and spend the day sewing and crafting with my wonderful granddaughters!! they would love it, we would also include their friend, jany. this sounds so good , i'm gonna plan a "crafty school starting celebration". o, wow, what fun!! ladybugtanya@yahoo.com thank you!! tanya dale

i would love to have the sewing craft book, and spend the day sewing and crafting with my wonderful granddaughters!! they would love it, we would also include their friend, jany. this sounds so good , i'm gonna plan a "crafty school starting celebration". o, wow, what fun!! ladybugtanya@yahoo.com thank you!! tanya dale

Wow, these both look like so much fun! I really have to lick one, huh? I think my Leela would devour (hopefully not in literal sense) the PaperCraft book and I would love to spend a day crafting with my favorite 4 yr old and her stuffed animal tarsier which now comes everywhere with us. They eat crickets! (she wants everyone to know that)